Ok So no one has voted or said anything on the thing but myself, so maybe a new thread will get more attention. I really think my second proposal is the best way for a pick-em and u tally the points. Let me explain it with the help of yahoo.

Confidence Points are used to give a different weight to each game in a given week. You'll assign a point value (from 1 to 15 if there are 15 games, 1 to 4 if there are 4 games, etc.) to each game based on how strongly you feel about the accuracy of your selection. If your selection is correct, you'll receive points equal to the confidence-point value you associated with that game.

So, if you pick Pittsburgh to beat Dallas and assign the game a confidence point value of 15, you'd get 15 points for a correct pick, but no points if Dallas wins. You don't lose points for an incorrect selection.

Each week's points will be tallied, and the player finishing with the highest total at the end of the year will be the winner of the group.

With the playoffs, we will rank 1-4 (again 4 being most confident, 1 least) the winners (for the first 2 weeks). Rank in descending order from confidence to least confidence as the rank correlates to the points values. If you get them all right you will receive 10 points. Lets say you only get one game right, your number 3. confident. Therefore you will receive 3 points. If you get a game wrong, you don't lose points, so u can't go in the negative.

The first 2 weeks are going to be out of 10 points (wild card and divisional championship weeks) as mentioned above. The conference championships are worth 7 points (ranking 4 for most and 3 from the least confidence, as we have to take account the previous weeks numbers). The Superbowl is gonna receive 4 points for the correct pick, and 3 points for the one who is closest to the final score in total points, with over/under limits not a factor. I do this, so someone ahead after the superbowl doesn't pick the same team as the closest competitor, just to win by default. These scores submitted by everyone in the superbowl will also count as a tiebreaker if it comes down to this. SO i will get more into this when the time comes.

Questions or Suggestions lemme know. Still confused, learn by example by seeing my picks for the first round in the following post.

Captain_Jack wrote:Even though I'm not involved in your game I wanted to share my picks!

Atlanta, Indy, Baltimore, and Philly

u should capt... i need supports. Plus, u would be a perfect participant, cuz the guys in hear get obsess on whatever u have to say (no offense fellas ).

But it sounded complicated...I didn't want to read it.

its not that long... have u seen how much 32 rights... now thats a novel. I dunno why i wrote that much, i repeated the same stuff over and over in case someone was confused.

just rank the teams 4 through 1 in descending order on how confident you are, that team is gonna win. Those ranks serve as points... see my example. It will be a running total of points by the end of the playoffs. here ur picks : Atlanta, Indy, Baltimore, and Philly. Now rank them from how confident they'll beat their opponent, to least confident. And wala, ur done.

Captain_Jack wrote:Even though I'm not involved in your game I wanted to share my picks!

Atlanta, Indy, Baltimore, and Philly

u should capt... i need supports. Plus, u would be a perfect participant, cuz the guys in hear get obsess on whatever u have to say (no offense fellas ).

But it sounded complicated...I didn't want to read it.

its not that long... have u seen how much 32 rights... now thats a novel. I dunno why i wrote that much, i repeated the same stuff over and over in case someone was confused.

just rank the teams 4 through 1 in descending order on how confident you are, that team is gonna win. Those ranks serve as points... see my example. It will be a running total of points by the end of the playoffs. here ur picks : Atlanta, Indy, Baltimore, and Philly. Now rank them from how confident they'll beat their opponent, to least confident. And wala, ur done.

Oh ok, I get it. I don't read anyone's posts if they're over like a paragraph...notice how I rarely get involved in long debates, it's 'cause I get tired of reading/responding. Plus the longer the debates go on, the longer the posts get.

Ok anyway

Atlanta - 1
Indy - 4
Baltimore - 3
Philly - 2

Wait, not sure if I get it. Am I supposed to rank each one 1, 2, 3, and 4. Or can I rank them all 4 if I think they're all going to win?

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Captain_Jack wrote:Even though I'm not involved in your game I wanted to share my picks!

Atlanta, Indy, Baltimore, and Philly

u should capt... i need supports. Plus, u would be a perfect participant, cuz the guys in hear get obsess on whatever u have to say (no offense fellas ).

But it sounded complicated...I didn't want to read it.

its not that long... have u seen how much 32 rights... now thats a novel. I dunno why i wrote that much, i repeated the same stuff over and over in case someone was confused.

just rank the teams 4 through 1 in descending order on how confident you are, that team is gonna win. Those ranks serve as points... see my example. It will be a running total of points by the end of the playoffs. here ur picks : Atlanta, Indy, Baltimore, and Philly. Now rank them from how confident they'll beat their opponent, to least confident. And wala, ur done.

Oh ok, I get it. I don't read anyone's posts if they're over like a paragraph...notice how I rarely get involved in long debates, it's 'cause I get tired of reading/responding. Plus the longer the debates go on, the longer the posts get.

Ok anyway

Atlanta - 2Indy - 4Baltimore - 3Philly - 3

oh i shoulda clarified, which is my bad.... your only allowed to rank a point value once... so u cant have multiple 3 ranks as u have. either change one as a 1 rank or redo.

San Diego over Indy.- I've got a good vibe regarding this Chargers team. They're peaking at the right time, the defense looks much better under Rivera and Rivers is playing at MVP level. Indy... well, Manning keeps them competitive and they've just had a great streak, so it's gonna be a good game, but I've got a hunch about San Diego beating them. (2 points)

Philly over Minny.- Same as above, I just don't like Minny. Poor coaching, lots of questions at QB, an overrated D... Philly ain't much better, but, once again, I think they're peaking at the right time. Still, Minny has AP, and Philly has to focus on stopping him to have a chance to beat the Vikings. I think they'll find a way to limit his impact on the game. (1 point)

Baltimore over Miami.- Miami has had a cinderella kind of season, but it's over now that they're facing a tought running game and a great D in Baltimore. (4 points)

Atlanta over Arizona.- Anybody can win this shootout, because Atlanta will run all over the Cards and the Cards will wreak havoc on the Falcons secondary. I'm just going with the surest thing in Atlanta's running game. (3 points)

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What a BIZZARE opening weekend. When have you EVER see all 4 road teams favored. And to take it a step further, two of the favorites feature a rookie QB. Rookie QB's on the road in their 1st playoff game usually spells DEATH!

Baltimore at Miami (4 confidence points)- Baltimore thrives on creating turnovers however Miami turns it over less than any team in the league. I think this will be a close game but I think Baltimore wins in a low scoring affair.

Philadelphia at Minnesota (2 confidence Points) - I really dont trust Phily much. They have laid some eggs but then also had some incredible wins. They dont seem to play well when not motivated but everyone is motivated in the playoffs. You CAN beat Phily's d with the run and Minny CAN run it. Peterson will need to run for close to 200 yards for Minny to have a chance. However I see Phily getting up early, taking AP out of the game.

Indy at San Diego (3 confidence points)- I trust Manning way more than I trust the Chargers. Chargers have played well lately but lets not fool ourselves... their wins were against the Chiefs, Raiders, a crumbling TB D, and Denver.

Atlanta at Arizona (1 confidence point) - If you can not run the ball, I cant take you against a team that can.

4pts.....Atlanta over Arizona
3pts.....Philly over Minny
2pts.....Miami over Baltimore
1pt....Bolts over the Colts

This year is a great year for playoff football....lots of new teams in the mix. Hoping to see the Giants and Colts get knocked out early and a team that has not been to the show for a long time taking the trophy.